Michelle Wie now shares a link with Arnold Palmer

Michelle Wie's quintuple-bogey 9 in the U.S. Women's Open on Thursday brought to mind another stupendous gaffe in golf 47 years ago -- one still celebrated today.

During the Los Angeles Open at Rancho Park in 1961, the great Arnold Palmer teed it up on the par-five ninth hole (it's now the 18th at the public course).

He hit a good drive but hit his next four shots out of bounds. Finally he hit his 10th shot over the green, chipped on for 11 and putted out for a 12.

When he was later asked how he made 12, he reportedly quipped that he "missed a chip for an 11." But other accounts quoted him as saying "I missed a 15-footer for an 11."

No matter. Duffers everywhere can relate to his wry reaction and, if they play Rancho Park, they can see a plaque on the 18th tee that commemorates Arnie's long day.

Trivia time

How many tournaments on the regular tour did Palmer win in his career, and how many of those were major titles?

Down and out

More bad news for the Detroit Tigers, still under .500 in the AL Central Division: Utility fielder Brandon Inge is on the disabled list after moving a pillow.

Inge has a pulled oblique muscle (that's on the abdomen) that he aggravated while trying to move a pillow for his 3-year-old son. Inge, who had been catching and playing third base, first suffered the injury early this month.

"That's just par for the year right there," Inge told MLB.com. "That's unbelievable."

The Detroit Free Press said that when Tigers Manager Jim Leyland was told of Inge's pillow problem, Leyland said: "That's a first."

'No matter what'

Any Dallas Cowboys fans who believe in the "Jessica Jinx" better brace themselves.

You remember the "Jinx." After the Cowboys lost to Philadelphia in December, some pointed to the luxury suites, where singer Jessica Simpson -- who had started dating Dallas quarterback Tony Romo -- watched the game dressed in a pink Cowboys jersey.

A month later, after the pair enjoyed a Mexico getaway, Dallas lost an NFL divisional playoff game to the New York Giants, prompting a tearful Terrell Owens to come to Romo's defense.

Simpson later told Glamour magazine that blaming her for Romo's struggles was "ludicrous." And Wednesday on the television show "The View," she said she'll be back.